"William Fichtner"


William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable film and TV series. He is known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on Invasion, as Alexander Mahone on Prison Break, William Sharp in Armageddon, Roger Van Zant in Heat and as Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Early life

Fichtner was born in Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island, and was raised in Cheektowaga, New York, the son of Patricia A. (née Steitz) and William E. Fichtner.

Fichtner graduated from Maryvale High School (Cheektowaga, New York) in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale State College in 1976 with an associate degree in criminal justice, he attended SUNY Brockport and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978. Fichtner then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Fichtner credits his Farmingdale State College admissions counselor, Don Harvey, with his decision to study acting. Harvey, who became a lifelong friend, took Fichtner to his first Broadway show. On 18 May 2008, Fichtner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Farmingdale State College.



Career

Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. Fichtner's film credits include Contact, Heat, Armageddon, Go, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm, The Longest Yard, Crash, Ultraviolet, and The Dark Knight. Mainly a character actor, one of Fichtner's few leading roles is in Passion of Mind, also starring Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård. For his role in Crash he won a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance Award and a "Best Acting Ensemble" Award from Broadcast Film Critics Choice.
Fichtner, 2003

Credited as Bill Fichtner, he voiced the character Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Between 2005 and 2006, Fichtner also starred in the science-fiction TV series Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay. After Invasion was cancelled, Fichtner played FBI Agent Alexander Mahone in the second through fourth seasons (2006–2009) of Prison Break. Later that year, he presented an award at the National Hockey League award show. He also appears in The West Wing episode, "The Supremes" as Christopher Mulready, a conservative judge nominated to the Supreme Court. Fichtner also had a role as the Gotham National Bank manager in the feature film The Dark Knight, and as Jurgen in Equilibrium.

In June 2009, Fichtner signed on to guest star on Entourage playing TV producer Phil Yagoda, who is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series. He also voices Master Sergeant Sandman in the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

In May 2013, Fichtner was cast as Shredder in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.



Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1987–94 As the World Turns Josh Snyder Television series
1989 Baywatch Howard Ganza Television series: 1 episode
1994 Quiz Show Stage Manager
1994–95 Grace Under Fire Ryan Television series: 8 episodes
1995 Virtuosity Wallace
1995 Reckless Rachel's Father
1995 Strange Days Dwayne Engelman
1995 Heat Roger Van Zant
1995 High Lonesome: A Father For Charlie Sheriff
1995 Underneath Tommy Dundee
1996 Albino Alligator Law
1997 Contact Kent
1997 Switchback Chief Jack McGinnis
1998 Armageddon Colonel William Sharp
1999 Go Burke
1999 The Settlement Jerry
2000 The Perfect Storm David "Sully" Sullivan
2000 Drowning Mona Phil Dearly
2000 Passion of Mind Aaron
2000 Endsville Prince Victor
2001 Pearl Harbor Danny's Father
2001 Black Hawk Down Sfc. Jeff Sanderson
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? Detective Alex Tardio
2002 MDs Bruce Kellerman Television series: 10 Episodes
2002 Julie Walking Home Henry
2002 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Ken Rosenberg – Voiceover (credited as Bill Fichtner)
2002 Equilibrium Jürgen
2004 Crash Flanagan Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated-Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2004 The West Wing Justice Christopher Mulready Television series: 1 Episode – "The Supremes"
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Ken Rosenberg – Voiceover (credited as Bill Fichtner)
2005–06 Invasion Tom Underlay Television series: 22 Episodes
Nominated-Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2005 The Moguls Otis
2005 Nine Lives Andrew Nominated-Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2005 The Chumscrubber Dr. Bill Stifle
2005 Empire Falls Jimmy Minty
2005 The Longest Yard Captain Knauer
2006 Ultraviolet Garth
2006–09 Prison Break Alexander Mahone Television series: 59 Episodes
2007 Blades of Glory Darren MacElroy
2007 First Snow Ed
2008 The Dark Knight Bank Manager
2008 Turok Logan Video game – Voiceover
2009–11 Entourage Phil Yagoda Television series: 8 Episodes
2010 Forehead Tittaes Boss Short Skit
2010 Date Night D.A. Frank Crenshaw
2011 The Big Bang Detective Poley
2011 Drive Angry The Accountant
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Master Sergeant Sandman Video game - Voiceover
2012 Wrong Master Chang
2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden Mr. Guidry
2013 Phantom Alex Kozlov
2013- Crossing Lines Carl Hickman Television series
2013 The Lone Ranger Butch Cavendish
2013 Elysium John Carlyle post-production
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eric Sachs/Shredder filming


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